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Current classes
On-line course materials
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Mini-Videos
The Anthrax Diaries The Russian Dictionary Tree Lora's Dialogs Beginning Russian Grammar Alphabet Грамматика для грамотных About WAL WAL Login About COLLT COLLT Login The Human Body Dictionary Russian Verbs Олигарх Водитель для Веры Благословите женщину Папа Essay Box Коммунальная квартира Интервью из России I Интервью из России II Дети из России На атомной речке Интервью из Швеции
Faculty
![]() Slava Paperno (director) Krystyna Golovakova Raissa Krivitsky Viktoria Tsimberov Richard L. Leed (1929-2011) Lora Paperno (retired)
Russian minor
Courses
Important Cornell links
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Academic CalendarCritical dates Final exams Building Codes Campus Maps Time and Room Rosters RUSSA In Courses of Study Special Conditions
Outside resources
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Word usageBilingual word usage Abbyy Lingvo dictionaries Викисловарь Словарь русского языка Morphological Dictionary Dictionary of Synonyms МиниКроссЛексика Словарь Даля Gramota.Ru Википедия «Кругосвет» БСЭ Moshkov's library Журнальный зал Russia's Bards Медуза/Meduza news, etc. Internet radio AATSEEL Mnemonic keyboard Standard keyboard
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Learning Goals and Outcome Assessment
Russian language courses are designated with the RUSSA abbreviation in
Cornell's Catalog of Courses, e.g. RUSSA 1121. The number reflects the level
of language study: RUSSA 1121 is the course for beginners, and
RUSSA 6634 is our most advanced course.
Each of these courses (or course sequences) has a specific set of goals
and an expected learning outcome.
The goal references below use the so-called
ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
that may also be viewed at the
LTI site.
ACTFL is the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, http://www.actfl.org.
LIT is Language Testing International, http://www.languagetesting.com/.
Although some variation in linguistic achievement is normal,
completing the following courses is expected to result in these proficiency levels:
Evaluation of the students' progress is done continuously in each course by weekly tests, written
homework, online and other computer-based assignments, daily performance in class, and in most courses,
a final examination. Please see individual course descriptions under Courses for
detailed information.
Our teaching is adjusted or changed when we decide that a change is in order. To guide us in this process,
we use anonymous online course evaluations that may be submitted at any time during the semester; hand-written
anonymous course evaluations at the end of each course; and detailed surveys every time we make
a significant modification to a course.
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Dept. of Comparative Literature
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Russian Language Program
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240 Goldwin Smith Hall
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Cornell University
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Ithaca, NY 14853-4701, USA
tel. 607/255-4155 • fax 607/255-8177 • email slava.paperno@cornell.edu |